If you want a great business, one that is profitable over the long term, then as an employer, you need to dedicate time and effort to fostering a work environment that engages employees and engenders employee happiness.

According to a special section that appeared in the Harvard Business Review in January 2012 entitled “Spotlight on Happiness,” happy employees are 31 percent more productive, their sales are 37 percent higher and their creativity is three times higher.

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